Al-Hasakah: One fatality during a skirmish between YPG and regime militia

KurdWatch, July 30, 2016—On July 25, 2016, there was a brief skirmish in the city center of al‑Hasakah between fighters for the Democratic Union Party's (PYD) People's Defense Units (YPG) and fighters for the regime-loyal National Defense Army, during which a YPG fighter was killed. A number of stores closed their doors out of fear that the fighting would spread.